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Bach Stradivarius Trumpet with Solid Silver Bell

The Bach Stradivarius Trumpet has been the world’s most recognized, most played on and most respected professional trumpets. The Bach Stradivarius Trumpet with Solid Silver Bell uses a time proven traditional design to give players a true, professional trumpet that can go anywhere and play anything!

True Bach Back in 2007, Bach’s parent company, Conn-Selmer, decided to return back to the older, traditional manufacturing techniques and methods. They returned to original designs used by Vincent Bach and crafting techniques used back in Mt. Vernon in order to return the Bach 180 to it’s rightful place as the world’s finest professional trumpet.

“Every Bach Stradivarius Trumpet with Solid Silver Bell is completely inspected and tested in our Bach ProShop to guarantee it’s quality. Any Bach that does not meet our standards is sent back to Bach.”Dave Kessler

Additional Information

Bach Screening Process Bach trumpets are made by hand. Even with the improved manufacturing techniques that Bach returned to, this inevitably will create some variance. So with every Bach that comes in our shop, Dave Kessler personally inspects every single one. He checks for structural defects, cosmetic defects and assembly defects. The vibration of the instrument to ensure that the trumpet is a responsive horn. If a Bach is assembled poorly, this results in unnecessary stress in the solder joints that actually hinder vibration and in turn, negatively affects the performance of the Bach Stradivarius Trumpet with Solid Silver Bell. The most important test of the trumpet for Dave is the vibration test. If a horn doesn’t vibrate well itself (outside of even playing the horn), then it will not be a great playing trumpet.

If a Bach fails ANY of our tests is sent back to Bach, period.

Trial Policy We go through great lengths to ensure that our Bach Stradivarius Trumpets are AMAZING instruments. We are going to send you a Bach that is the epitome of what a Bach Stradivarius trumpet should be. You are going to get a great playing trumpet.

However, in the end we are all different people and we all have different needs

You are the final person in our Bach Screening Process!

This is why we give you a trial period. When you get a new Bach Stradivarius Trumpet with Solid Silver Bell from Kessler & Sons Music, it is accompanied by a 3 day evaluation period. Once you receive it, you have 3 days to test the trumpet yourself. If for ANY reason you are not 100% satisfied with it, you simply let us know and you send it back for a refund or exchange, your choice.

We have an unbelievably low return rate on Bach trumpets specifically because we go through the process to get you a great horn! No other shop out there goes through the lengths that we do for you!

*special order models cannot be returned unless there is a flaw.

Bach Bell Options Bach offers the Stradivarius trumpet with the optional Solid Silver Bell. Bach uses what they refer to as a “Sterling Plus” bell… that is basically pure silver (99%+). Most of the time in the music industry, the term “Solid Silver” really means Solid Sterling Silver. Sterling is 92.5% silver. The Bach Sterling Plus bell is virtually pure silver. The Bach Stradivarius Trumpet with Solid Silver Bell will give more resonance and a quicker response than the brass counterpart. Exceptionally good for orchestral work. The downside is that the material is soft. Players who own a Bach Stradivarius Trumpet with Solid Silver Bell need to take extra care even when just putting in a mute as the material dents easily.

Bach Bell Options Bach offers many different bell options. However, there are some that we recommend more than others. Plus, after the return to the original designs back in 2007, many players are actually quite unfamiliar with the bells and how they perform today.

For 90% of players, the Bach 180 pairs best with the #37 bell.

The Bach is available standard in one of 3 bell models. However, Bach does allow for other models to be custom configured. If you are interested in custom ordering a Bach, please give us a call. The standard bell models are:

#37: The most versatile with great flexibility for all musical styles

#43: Tighter and projects more, but is also brighter. Great for lead jazz.

#72: The most open & broad sound. Sweet and mellow, but doesn’t sizzle as easily.

Bach 180 Series vs. 190 Series Bach Stradivarius trumpets are now available in both the 180 and 190 Series horns. Both series are hand-made side by side in the same facility in Elkhart, Indiana. The core difference between these series has to do with the valve cluster.

The 190 Series are in the end heavier at the valve block. This will give these models a richer core to the sound of the horn, but at the same time are more expensive to manufacture. The 190 Series is also more limited in their options and cannot be customized. The 180 models can be custom configured.

18 Month Same As Cash Financing!

18 Month Same As Cash Option Available on New Instrument at Advertised New Price Only. Full details on financing page. Does not apply towards Store Used Demos or Used Instruments. Demos and Used models can still be financed under standard terms.